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Mountain Citizen Players of the Week
# 4 Junior Alyssa Allen is this weeks Mountain Citizen player of the week. Alyssa scored 13 points to help lead the Lady Cardinals to a 70-16 win over Atlantic Sharks in the first round of the Daytona Beach Sunshine Classic, on Dec. 27th. In the semi final gave vs Hopkins County on Dec. 29th…
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Cardinals Youth Wrestling wins Hatfield & McCoy 32 championship
PIKEVILLE — Martin County Cardinals Youth Wrestling won the gold in the Hatfield & McCoy 32 Friday at Appalachian Wireless Arena in Pikeville. The team finished first out of 45 teams with over 500 competitors. “Not too shabby,” Coach Andrew Chaffin said. “Keep working hard. If they don’t know who you are yet, they will…
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Marcum, Allen named to all-tournament team in Daytona Beach Sunshine Classic
DAYTONA BEACH — Katie Marcum and Alyssa Allen were named to the 2022 Daytona Beach Sunshine Classic All-Tournament team. The tournament was held Dec. 27-30. Marcum scored 13 points in the Lady Cards win over Atlantic. In the semifinals against Hopkins County she recorded a double-double with 20 points and 11 rebounds to lead the Lady…
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Former jailer, school custodian retires
BY RACHEL DOVEMOUNTAIN CITIZEN INEZ — It’s a common wish for the everyday working man to be able to retire from their job while still young enough and healthy enough to enjoy themselves. For one Martin County man who resigned from not one but two positions as of Dec. 31, plans are to kick back…
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Residents share New Year’s resolutions
BY RACHEL DOVEMOUNTAIN CITIZEN INEZ — New Year’s resolutions are a longtime tradition, said to have started around 4,000 years ago when ancient Babylonians held celebrations in honor of the new year and commitments to the gods to repay debts and return borrowed objects. For early Christians, resolutions became a tradition on the first day…
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PMC welcomes ‘Baby New Year’
PIKEVILLE — As the tradition has been for many years at the Pikeville Medical Center, staff waited patiently to see what expectant parents would give birth to the first baby of the new year, which is a special honor for a tiny bundle of love. However, the first baby of 2023 at Pikeville Medical Center…
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Observing ‘Dry January’ can bring lasting benefits, studies show
People who observe “Dry January,” abstaining from alcohol during the month, often drink less the rest of the year and show “striking improvements in their health,” Anahad O’Connor of The Washington Post reports. The observance “is widely viewed as a temporary test of willpower — followed by a return to old drinking habits when the…
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Parents in 21 more counties get CRP kits for infants
Hundreds still available Three times as many Kentucky counties will get cardiopulmonary resuscitation kits for infants, funded by the Kentucky Association of Health Plans, representing health-insurance companies in the state. The American Heart Association is delivering the life-saving CPR kits to healthcare facilities to give to new parents. Each kit includes an inflatable mannikin and…
